diff --git a/aelfred.changes b/aelfred.changes
index 0a8ffa0..b28ffb7 100644
--- a/aelfred.changes
+++ b/aelfred.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  4 17:36:21 UTC 2014 - p.drouand@gmail.com
+
+- Remove java-devel dependency; not needed anymore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  8 14:26:03 UTC 2014 - sfalken@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/aelfred.spec b/aelfred.spec
index 9a2a94f..f63f88b 100644
--- a/aelfred.spec
+++ b/aelfred.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Url:            http://saxon.sourceforge.net/aelfred.html
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/saxon/aelfred/7.0/aelfred7_0.zip 
 Patch0:         aelfred-icedtea-build.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
-BuildRequires:  java-devel
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build